India Current Affairs : April 2016

Our section of India Current Affairs is a section provided by TET Success Key to help the students and aspirants of various competitive exams. The segment provides most important events of the month April 2016. It will help you to revise and recollect the important news and events just before the exam.

1 April

Shiva Thapa won Silver at Asian/Oceania Qualifying event in China

Flipkart acquired UPI-based payments start-up PhonePe

Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited, India’s first SPV on smart city, started operations

8 April 2016• The Kiss of Life authored by Emraan Hashmi launched• Union Government approved country’s first Metrino Pod Taxi project for Gurgaon• Sajibu Cheiraoba celebrated with religious fervor in Manipur• Haryana Government appointed two-member inquiry panel to probe into Jat quota stir

9 April 2016• North East-ASEAN Business Summit concluded in Imphal• Priyadarshini Chatterjee crowned FBB Miss India World 2016• C Silvera, former Member of Parliament, died

10 April 2016• Fire accident at Puttingal temple in Kerala: At least 110 people died• Jharkhand Government announced to reserve 2 percent employment for meritorious sportspersons

12 April 2016• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won Global Indian of the Year 2016 award• President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma Awards 2016• Delhi government launched PoochhO Carpool app to help people during odd-even scheme• Kerala High Court banned noise-making fireworks at night in all places of worship

17 April 2016• Google, RailTel launched free WiFi service at Bhubaneswar Railway station• Indian Railway used drone for the first time to inspect Dedicated Freight Corridor project• Dipa Karmakar became first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics• Supercomputer 'Param Kanchenjunga' unveiled at Sikkim NIT

18 April 2016• Union Government merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyaan with Khelo India• The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprises authored by Kartar Lalvani• Union Government released Commemorative Coin and Circulation Coin on Tatya Tope• JK Tyres acquired Cavendish Industries for 2200 crore rupees• Panasonic and US-based AES inked agreement to install energy storage project in Haryana• Report of Technical Committee on Large Scale Integration of Renewable Energy released• Maharashtra government banned digging of bore wells beyond 200 ft• Maharashtra to use hologram technique to check spurious liquor• Union Government released report of Technical Committee on Large Scale Integration of Renewable Energy• Operation Sulaimani to eradicate Poverty in Kozhikode District

19 April 2016• RBL Bank became first private sector bank to open dedicated branch for Start-ups in India• Beti Bachao Beti Padho Scheme extended to 61 more districts with low Child Sex Ratio• President presented Hindi Sevi Samman Awards• India's Durga Thakur promoted as International Umpire by International Hockey Federation• Himachal High Court issued notice to Union and State on declaring Monkeys as Vermin

20 April 2016• Union Government renamed Department of Disinvestment as DIPAM• BCCI appointed Rahul Johri as its CEO• Union Cabinet approved MoU on Technical Cooperation between India and Bhutan• Union Government approved signing of the Paris Agreement for dealing with climate change• Justice PK Mishra appointed as Lokayukta of Goa

22 April 2016• President nominated 6 eminent personalities to Rajya Sabha• India ratified Trade Facilitation Agreement of WTO• India signed Paris climate agreement along with other 174 nations at UN• Mahindra became first Indian company to join EP100 campaign• Union Government constituted panel to double farmers’ income by 2022

29 April 2016• Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare 2016 observed• Experian India launched fraud detection mechanism named Hunter Fraud Score• Nandu Natekar became first non-cricketer to become a member of CCI's Legend Club

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